Stove.



No. 637,99I. Patented Nov. 28, |899. H. l1. H000.

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(Application led May 25, 1899.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM Q. HOOD, OF OARTHAGE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-FOURTHS TO EZRA T. HARDAVAY, GEORGE BARNHART, E. J. HUNT, HENRY L. BRIGHT, AND ALVIN I-IAT- TEN, OF SAME PLAGE, AND J.y HUNT, OF LAMAR, MISSOURI.

STOVE;

SPEGIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 637,991, dated November 28, 1899. Application led May `25, 1899. Serial No. 718,136. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HIRAM Q. HOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Stove, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heating-stoves; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a large eX- tent of heating-surface and in which a high heat can be developed by the employment of a minimum amount of fuel, and the stove can be easily and inexpensively=manufactured, and itis light, so that it can be easily moved from place to place, and consists of the least possible number of parts capable of securing` the above-mentioned results.

With these ends in view the invention consists inthe novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated the preferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, and in which- Figure lis a perspective view of a heatingstove constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec tional View. Fig. tis a perspective detail of parts broken away of the lower front corner of the stove and upon an enlarged scale and showing the means for controlling the admission of air.

Similar characters denote like and corresponding parts in each of the several figures of the drawings. v

The stove has a body portion which is designated in a general way by B, and which is mounted upon a base of any suitable kind,

and it includes in its construction two end plates 2, which are formed, preferably, by casting, and an intermediate shell 3, which I prefer to make from sheet-steel or sheet-iron, thereby securing lightness. The shell is made in one continuous piece, and it constitutes what might be termed the sides, the bottom, and the top of the stove, and the top portion is curved to agree with the shape of the upper portions of the two parallel vertical end plates 2. The plates 2 are provided upon their insides with anges 4, which can be made either separate from the respective parts or of continuous structure, and the shell 3 Vis disposed between and lits against the inside faces of the end plates and also against the flanges 4 thereon, and bolts, rivets, or other fastening devices serve to secure the shell tothe flanges at proper points.

The heat generated by the stove is obtained in part by the drum 5, which is made in the form of an open-ended cylinder, and which is supported by the end plates, and which projects through circular openings formed in said plates below the top of the stove, and the hot air circulates around the drum for thoroughly and uniformly heating the same. The opposite ends `of the drum are crimped or turned over, as at 6, to fit against the outer faces of the end plates, thereby constituting a simple means for holding the drum against endwise movement.

The top of the stove has an opening 7 to receive the usual water-containing urn, and back of this opening the smoke-hole 8 is located and is surrounded by the collar 9, to Whichthe lower end of the smoke-pipe can be coupled.

The forward plate 2 has a substantially rectangular aperture or opening l0, located below the heating-drum 5 and' through which fuel can .be introduced into the lire-pot, and

this openingis normally closed by the door 12, having the superposed parallel lugs 13 to receive the pivots lll, carried by the lugs l5, lo-

cated one above the other on said forward plate, and the said door is provided with a projection 16 by which it can be opened and closed, and it also has a latch 17, adapted to cooperate with the notched beveled catch on the end plate for the purpose of normally holding the door closed.

The stove has interiorly thereof the airchambers 19, and these are loca-ted near the bottom thereof and are formed by portions of the stove-body and by the segmental longitudinal plates 20, located therein. The segmental or arched plates 2O lit against the end plates of the stove and are secured by some suitable fastening devicesf to the flanges 4 on said plates, and the chambers of which said segmental plates form a part are disposed in the lower opposite sides of the stove and the fire-pot is disposed between them, and they receive supplies of air through the openings 21 in the front end plate 2, and these openings may be of any number', and they may be covered by dampers, as 22, when occasion requires, slidable across the same and carried by the end plate, and the air which passes through these draft-openings 21 enters into the air-chambers 19 and through the openings or perforations 23 formed in alinement in the segmental plates 19, and from thence passes into the fire-pot to promote combustion of the fuel therein, and the heated air will be separated into two supplies which pass entirely around the heating-drum, and the latter is not only heated, but the body of the stove is also heated, and by reason of the large area subjected to the heat I am enabled to secure efficient results.

The fire-pot includes in its construction two substantially U-shaped members 24E, secured in longitudinal alinement upon the inner faces f of the two end plates, and both of them are anged, as at 25, along their lower and side portions, and the side pieces 26 of the fire-pot,

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which are of substantially duplicate construction and are inclined, are secured to the side fianges of the two U-shaped members, and they have lugs or ears 27 resting upon the horizontal flanged portion of said U-shaped The various sections constituting the framework of the fire-pot can be inserted in place through the fuel-opening 10 separately and can be secured together when in proper place, and the side pieces 26 have suitably-disposed openings or holes to receive the usual lining or fire-brick.

The grate constituting the bottom of the fire-pot is denoted by 28, audit is represented as consisting of a longitudinal flat plate perforated to permit the escape of ashes and other waste products, and it has a transverse head 29, adapted to fit flatwise against the outer face of the front plate 2 when the grate is in place, and this transverse head is provided with a handle 30, by which the grate can be operated, and it also serves to cover the opening 31, through which the grate is introduced. The side pieces 26 of the firepot have inwardly-disposed alined flanges 32, upon which the grate can slide as it is inserted in place and which serves also to support said grate.

yThe fire-pot is located above the two lines of perforations 21 in the segmental plates 19 and between the same, so that the air which enters the air-chambers 19 through the openings 21 can act upon a considerable area of the fire, and the air passes upward heated from the fire and is deliected to opposite sides of the heating-drum by means of the deflector-plate 33, which is of inverted segmental shape and which is separated from said drum and is located below the same. The deflector plate or shield 33 separates the air into two parts and causes the same to circulate around the hot-air drum, and it also serves to prevent the application of too great heat directly to the under side of the drum, and itis made substantially the saine width as said drum and is flanged or crimped along its opposite end, as at 34, and the flanges or crimps are turned down and are suitably secured to the end plates 2.

The ashes and other refuse from the lirepot are discharged into the ash-pan 35, which can be removed through the usual opening in the front of the stove.

A stove constructed as hereinbefore described is light, and it has a large area exposed to the heat, and the combustion can be promoted by reason of the distribution of the air-chambers, and the plates 20, serving as Walls of said air-chambers, have openings disposed below the fire-pot, which serve to cool the same with the incoming air, thereby prolonging the life of the fire-pot. Y

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a stove, the combination with the base, of side and end plates secured thereto, one of said end plates having a flue-opening near the top and two door-openings and a grate-opening in the lower portion, the dooropenings being located upon opposite sides of thegrate-opening, and a series of draft-holes in each lower corner, the outer face of the plate being provided with door attachments adjacent to the door-openings and having its inner face provided with a flange upon its top and side edges.

2. In a stove, the combination, with a base,

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of two end pieces secured thereto, each end piece being provided with a flange upon its top and side edges and a circular flue-opening near the top, and one of the pieces being further provided with two door-openings and a grate-opening, said dooropenings being upon opposite sides of the grate-opening, and a series of draft-openings in each lower corner, a shell secured to the end pieces and provided with a smoke-outlet, a flue secured at its ends in said hue-openings, a deflector below the flue, a fire-box below the deflector and adjacent to one of the door-openings, a grate below the fire-box, one end of which projects through the grate-openingand is provided with a ange and a handle, a curved perforated sheet at each side below the firebo'X, an ashpan upon the base, a door for each door-opening, and a dem per for each series of draft-openings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HIRAM Q. HOOD. Witnesses:

C. B. ARMSTRONG," W. S. ARMSTRONG. 

